Japanese J.League

Cerezo Osaka vs Albirex Niigata, 2023 Japanese J1 League

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Cerezo Osaka
  • 28': Hirotaka Tameda
  • 75': Hiroaki Okuno
FT
2 - 2
Albirex Niigata
  • 22': Kaito Taniguchi
  • 80': Kazuhiko Chiba

About

Cerezo Osaka are hosting Albirex Niigata at Yodoko Sakura Stadium, Osaka, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Yodoko Sakura Stadium
Location: Osaka, Japan
Attendance: 17,928

Japanese J1 League Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Avispa Fukuoka 0 0 0
2 Cerezo Osaka 0 0 0
3 Fagiano Okayama 0 0 0
4 Gamba Osaka 0 0 0
Full Table

Line-Ups

CER Cerezo Osaka

No. Name
31 Keisuke Shimizu (GK)
22 Matej Jonjic
16 Seiya Maikuma Yellow Card
6 Ryosuke Yamanaka
33 Ryuya Nishio
19 Hirotaka Tameda
4 Riki Harakawa
11 Jordy Croux
25 Hiroaki Okuno
38 Sota Kitano
9 Léo Pereira
Cerezo Osaka Substitutes:
Hikaru Nakahara, Funaki Kakeru, Ryosuke Shindo, Tokuma Suzuki, Yang Han-Been, Shinji Kagawa, Mutsuki Kato.

ALB Albirex Niigata

No. Name
1 Ryosuke Kojima (GK)
25 Soya Fujiwara
35 Kazuhiko Chiba
31 Yuto Horigome
5 Michael James
16 Yota Komi
20 Yuzuru Shimada
13 Ryotaro Ito
8 Takahiro Koh
14 Shunsuke Mito
7 Kaito Taniguchi
Albirex Niigata Substitutes:
Koto Abe, Naoto Arai, Eitaro Matsuda, Kazuyoshi Shimabuku, Koji Suzuki, Thomas Deng, Hiroki Akiyama.

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